Native Seeding Guide 2023

NATIVE SEEDS SINCE 1951

Our Story

With seven decades of experience, a team armed with real-world strategies and a plethora of knowledge, our own production fields and a state-of-the-art seed cleaning facility, Bamert Seed is ready to meet your every need.

Bamert Seed Company was established in 1951. With practice, care, and determination, we are now a leading conservation partner. As an industry leader, Bamert Seed Company provides seed and consultations to landowners and land managers for reclamation, restoration, conservation, and wildlife habitat enhancements. Our arid climate and supplemental irrigation provide excellent growing conditions to produce the highest quality native seed on the market.

Bamert Seed Company’s dedication to providing the best has allowed us to offer over 400 species of high-quality native grasses, forbs, and legumes. The species and varieties we produce have been carefully selected to match the soil and climatic conditions of the Southern Great Plains and beyond, making them adaptable to most areas in the Southern US. Our seed has a wide variety of uses including reclamation,
prairie restoration, pollinator habitat, DOT projects, conservation programs, wildlife habitat, and wildlife food plots. Our people and processes allow us to have great confidence in our product.

Value Added Services

Consult with our specialists for custom blend development and proper planting techniques.

If your desired species is not listed, please call for availability!

Adapted varieties and local ecotype specific releases available for your area.

• Most orders shipped in 24 hours.
• FREE custom blending.

Grass Blends

Deluxe Prairie Blend
(25 to 45 in. annual rainfall)
Planting rate 10 lb. / acre

Sideoats ……………..25%
Little Bluestem……..25%
Indiangrass ………. 17.5%
Green Sprangletop…10%

Switchgrass …………10%
Sand Lovegrass……7.5%
Big Bluestem………….5%

Hill Country Blend
Planting rate 10 lb. / acre

Sideoats Grama…….25%
Switchgrass …………15%
Buffalograss ………..20%
Green Sprangletop…10%

Indiangrass ………….10%
Little Bluestem……..10%
Canada Wildrye …….10%

Premium Pasture Blend
(Less than 25 in. annual rainfall)
Planting rate 10 lb. / acre

Sideoats ……………..30%
Green Sprangletop…30%
Buffalograss …….. 12.5%
Bristlegrass………. 12.5%

Blue Grama ……………5%
Switchgrass …………..5%
Western Wheatgrass..5%

Supergrazer Blend
Planting rate 10 lb. / acre

Giant Bermuda ……..50%

Common Bermuda…50%

Native Turf Blend
Planting rate, landscape
2 lb. / 1,000 sq. ft.
Planting rate, pasture 30 lb. / acre

Buffalograss ………..67%

Blue Grama ………….33%

*Blend composition subject to change based on availability

Wildflower Blends

Blue Flax • Rocket Larkspur • Annual Lupine • African Daisy
Baby’s Breath • Clarkia • Corn Poppy • Godetia • Columbine
Money Plant • Lance Leaved Coreopsis • Yellow Prairie
Coneflower • Sensation Mix Cosmos • Chinese Forget-Me-Not
Black-Eyed Susan • Bearded Dianthus • Purple Coneflower
California Poppy • Plains Coreopsis • Sweet Alyssum • Shasta
Daisy • Scarlet Flax • Sweet William • White Yarrow • Indian Blanket
Strawflower • Gay feather • Bachelor Button • Annual Mallow

Perennial Lupine • Siberian Wallflower • California Poppy
Annual Candytuft • Rocket Larkspur • Sweet Alyssum
Black-Eyed Susan • Blue Flax • Scarlet Flax • Gayfeather
Showy Milkweed • Lemon Mint • Dwarf Godetia • Purple
Coneflower • Perennial Gaillardia • Dwarf Coneflower
Annual Gaillardia • Dwarf Red Coneflower • Dwarf Plains
Coreopsis • Lance Leaved Coreopsis

*Blend composition subject to change based on availability

Wildlife Blends

Wildlife Habitat Blend
Planting rate 8 lb. / acre

Sideoats …………18.75%
Big Bluestem……..12.5%
Little Bluestem…..12.5%
Alfalfa………………9.37%
Partidge Pea ……..9.38%
Canada Wildrye ….6.25%

Engelmann Daisy.. 6.25%
Illinois Bundleflower ..6.25%
Sand Lovegrass…. 6.25%
Switchgrass ……… 6.25%
Blackeyed Susan .. 3.13%
Purple Prairie Clover..3.13%

Upland Nesting & Brood Blend
Planting rate 8 lb. / acre

Little Bluestem……..25%
Switchgrass …….18.75%
Canada Wildrye ….12.5%
Alfalfa………………6.25%
Sideoats …………..6.25%
Engelmann Daisy..6.25%

Illinois Bundleflower ..6.25%
Sand Lovegrass…. 6.25%
Blackeyed Susan .. 3.13%
Partridge Pea ……. 3.13%
Maximillian Sunflower 3.13%
Purple Prairie Clover..3.13%

Native Treats Blend
Planting rate 8 lb. / acre

Illinois Bundleflower ..50%
Engelmann Daisy..12.5%
Partidge Pea ……..12.5%

Purple Prairie Clover..12.5%
Blackeyed Susan .. 6.25%
Maximillian Sunflower 6.25%

Spring Turkey, Quail & Deer
Blend
Planting rate 10 lb. / acre

Millet ………………….20%
Sweeter N Honey Sp.20%
Small Black Sunflower . 15%
Grain Sorghum ……..10%
Yellow Clover ……….10%

Blackeyed Pea………..5%
Engelmann Daisy…….5%
Iron and Clay Pea ……5%
Red Ripper Pea……….5%
Wooly Croton………….5%

Fall Cereal Food Plot
Planting rate 50 lb. / acre

Oats……………………25%
Rye …………………….25%

Blue Grama ………….33%

Oats……………………19%
Wheat………………12.5%
Rye ………………….18.5%
Triticale ……………12.5%
Annual Ryegrass…..7.5%

Purple Turnips ………..5%
Arrowleaf Clover…..7.5%
Hairy Vetch ……………5%
Austrian Winter Pea 7.5%
Alfalfa…………………..5%

*Blend composition subject to change based on availability

Native Grasses

  • Arizona Cottontop
  • Bluestem, Big “Earl”
  • Bluestem, Big “Kaw”
  • Bluestem, Big “Rountree”
  • Bluestem, Big “OZ-70”
  • Bluestem, Bushy
  • Bluestem, Cane
  • Bluestem, Little “Aldous”
  • Bluestem, Little “Cimarron”
  • Bluestem, Sand “Chet”
  • Bluestem, Silver “Santiago Germplasm”
  • Bluestem, Splitbeard
  • Bristlegrass, “Catarina Blend”
  • Bristlegrass, Plains
  • Buffalograss, “Texoka”
  • Buffalograss, “Topgun”
  • Cordgrass, Prairie
  • Curly Mesquite
  • Dropseed, Sand
  • Dropseed, Sand “Taylor Germplasm”
  • Dropseed, Tall
  • Eastern Gamagrass
  • Galleta, “Viva”
  • Grama, Black
  • Grama, Blue
  • Grama, Blue “Hachita”
  • Grama, Hairy “Chaparral Germplasm”
  • Grama, Sideoats “Brewster Germplasm”
  • Grama, Sideoats “El Reno”
  • Grama, Sideoats “Haskell”
  • Grama, Sideoats “Vaughn”
  • Grama, Texas “Atascosa Germplasm”
  • Green Sprangletop, “Van Horn”
  • Indiangrass, “Cheyenne”
  • Indiangrass, “Lometa”
  • Inland Saltgrass
  • Inland Seaoats
  • Little Barley, “Cibolo Germplasm”
  • Lovegrass, Plains
  • Lovegrass, Sand “Bend”
  • Lovegrass, Sand “Mason”
  • Needlegrass, Green
  • Pappusgrass, Whiplash “Permian Germplasm”
  • Ricegrass, Indian “Rimrock”
  • Sacaton, Alkali
  • Switchgrass, “Alamo”
  • Switchgrass, “Blackwell”
  • Threeawn, Purple
  • Threeawn, Purple “Loma Germplasm”
  • Tridens, Purpletop
  • Tridens, White “Guadalupe Germplasm”
  • Wheatgrass, Tall “Jose”
  • Wheatgrass, Western
  • Wheatgrass, Western “Arriba”
  • Wheatgrass, Western “Barton”
  • Windmillgrass, Hooded “Burnet Germplasm”
  • Windmillgrass, Hooded “Mariah Germplasm”
  • Windmillgrass, Shortspike “Welder
    Germplasm”
  • Wildrye, Canada
  • Wildrye, Canada “Lavaca”
  • Wildrye, Virginia

Bamert Seed is proud to be a licensed grower in the
Texas Native Seeds program. Please call or visit our
website for availability of species not listed.

Grasses in bold are part of the Texas Native Seeds Program.

Wildflowers, Forbs, Legumes & Shrubs

  • Alfalfa, “Ladak”
  • Alfalfa, “Ranger”
  • Blackeyed Susan
  • Blazing Star
  • Bluebonnet, “Texas”
  • Bundleflower, “Beewild”
  • Bundleflower, Illinois “Reno”
  • Bundleflower, Illinois “Sabine”
  • Chicory
  • Chufa
  • Clover, Alsike
  • Clover, Purple Prairie “Cuero”
  • Clover, Purple Prairie “Kaneb”
  • Clover, Rose “Overton”
  • Clover, White
  • Clover, White Prairie
  • Clover, Yellow Blossom
  • Coneflower, Grey-headed
  • Coneflower, Purple
  • Coreopsis, Lanceleaf
  • Coreopsis, Plains
  • Croton, Wooly (Doveweed)
  • Daisy, Engelmann “Eldorado”
  • Indian Blanket
  • Indian Paintbrush
  • Lab Lab
  • Leadplant
  • Lespedeza, Kobe
  • Lespedeza, Korean
  • Lespedeza, Roundhead
  • Medic, Burr
  • Mexican Hat
  • Milkweed
  • Pea, Austrian Winter
  • Pea, “Iron & Clay”
  • Pea, Partridge
  • Pitcher Sage
  • Ragweed, Western
  • Saltbush, Fourwing
  • Sumac, Skunkbush
  • Sunflower, Bush “Plateau”
  • Sunflower, False Oxeye
  • Sunflower, Maximilian
  • Sunflower, Native
  • Sunflower, Small Black
  • Wild Bergamot

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